Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:Butlers Crown Birm tap.jpg|thumb||The former Crown pub]] | [[File:Butlers Crown Birm tap.jpg|thumb||The former Crown pub]] | ||
[[File:LeicsHinckleyWmButlerPlaque02_SP_Sep17.jpg|thumb|William Butler was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire in 1843. This blue plaque is displayed on the Greyhound Inn, New Buildings, Hinckley.]] | [[File:LeicsHinckleyWmButlerPlaque02_SP_Sep17.jpg|thumb|William Butler was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire in 1843. This blue plaque is displayed on the Greyhound Inn, New Buildings, Hinckley.]] | ||
<big>'''Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd''', ''Crown Brewery, 36/37 Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands''</big> | <big>'''Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd''', ''Crown Brewery, 36/37 Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands''</big> | ||
Built 1880s by William Butler at rear of | Built 1880s by William Butler at rear of the Crown public house. Registered January 1895. Merged with [[Henry Mitchell & Co. Ltd]] with 130 houses in 1898 to form [[Mitchells & Butlers Ltd]]. Oddly, [[Whitbread & Co. Ltd]] listed here 1921. | ||
The brewery buildings survived almost into the C21 before falling to the city centre redevelopment. The Crown pub still trades, but these days more of a nightclub. | |||
The | |||
*'''[[List of Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd pubs]]''' | *'''[[List of Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd pubs]]''' | ||
*'''[[William Waters Butler]]''' | *'''[[William Waters Butler]]''' | ||
| Line 37: | Line 31: | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
'''William Butler's grave, Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham (plot I621)''' | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:BirminghamWmButlersGrave2021aa.JPG | |||
File:BirminghamWmButlersGrave2021bb.JPG | |||
File:BirminghamWmButlersGrave2021b1.JPG | |||
File:BirminghamWmButlersGrave2021b2.JPG | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[category:West Midlands]] | [[category:West Midlands]] | ||
Revision as of 13:05, 2 October 2021
Butler's Crown Brewery Ltd, Crown Brewery, 36/37 Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands
Built 1880s by William Butler at rear of the Crown public house. Registered January 1895. Merged with Henry Mitchell & Co. Ltd with 130 houses in 1898 to form Mitchells & Butlers Ltd. Oddly, Whitbread & Co. Ltd listed here 1921.
The brewery buildings survived almost into the C21 before falling to the city centre redevelopment. The Crown pub still trades, but these days more of a nightclub.
Views of the brewery
The former Crown pub
The former Crown pub
The former Crown pub
Windows
Butler's window at the Royal Oak, Erdington
Butler's window at the Bass Museum, Burton on Trent
William Butler's grave, Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham (plot I621)
